regress

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regress

The patient began to regress after stopping therapy.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A return to a former or less developed state: "regress" refers to the act of going back to an earlier, often worse, condition or stage.
    • The reasoning process of working backward from a conclusion to its premises: In logic, "regress" describes a type of argument that moves from a conclusion to the evidence that supports it.

  2. Verb:

    • To return to a former or less developed state: To go back to a previous, often less advanced or less desirable condition.
    • To return to a pattern of bad behavior: To fall back into previous negative habits or criminal activity.
    • To move backward: To go back physically or chronologically.
    • To return to a statistical mean: In statistics, for a variable to move back toward its average value.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The patient's health showed a worrying regress.
    • His argument was based on an infinite regress, which made it logically unsound.

  • Verb:

    • Without constant practice, a language learner can easily regress.
    • The therapy aims to ensure patients do not regress to their old habits.
    • The planet appears to regress in its orbit from our perspective.
    • After an unusually high score, his performance is expected to regress toward the mean.
Advanced Usage

  • "Infinite regress": A sequence of reasoning or justification that can never come to an end.

    • The question of what created the creator leads to an infinite regress.

  • "Regress to the mean": A statistical phenomenon where an extreme measurement is likely to be followed by one closer to the average.

    • The company's exceptional profits last year were an outlier; they will probably regress to the mean this quarter.
Variants and Related Words

  • Regression (n): The act of regressing; a statistical method for modeling relationships between variables.

    • The child's regression in behavior was a concern for the parents.
    • Linear regression is a common statistical tool.

  • Regressive (adj): Tending to regress; returning to a less advanced state. (In economics/taxation) Taking a proportionally greater amount from low-income earners.

    • A regressive policy hinders social progress.
    • A sales tax is often considered a regressive tax.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Reversion, retrogression, relapse, backsliding.
  • Verb: Revert, relapse, backslide, retrogress, deteriorate, degenerate.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
  • Regress to: To return or fall back to a specific state or type of behavior.
    • Under stress, he would regress to childish behavior.
Related Idioms
  • "Regress into childhood/shell": To return to a state of childlike dependence or timidity.
    • After the traumatic event, she seemed to regress into her shell.
regress

The patient began to regress after stopping therapy.

Noun
  1. returning to a former state
  2. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
Verb
  1. go back to bad behavior
    • Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
  2. get worse or fall back to a previous condition
  3. go back to a previous state
    • We reverted to the old rules
  4. go back to a statistical means

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